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I enjoyed the pics :wave:

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Originally Posted by Pete_G

. The thinking was it was just a good photo of a bass in the surf people would enjoy, .

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No need for people to over analyze

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Originally Posted by t.orlando

:claps:
No need for people to over analyze

Tony, where's the pic of your last?
Congrats dude.

To summarize this thread and people's reactions:

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com...usinessmen.jpg

(i forgot to thank spro also)

great fish

excellent pictures..regardless as to whether they were on the lawn or in the surf

enough said

mikes a great fisherman who shares his knowledge.if your lucky enough to know him you would realize that

sounds like some people are a little jealous

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Originally Posted by jim sylvester

great fish

sounds like some people are a little jealous

Thats what I was thinking. :hs:

Pete, don't let any of the nonsense get to you:wall:
it's not worth it and it's not even nessesary to have to defend yourself. pretty sad actually.

this is a fishing website, members post pictures of fish we catch, big deal :huh:
Maybe we need NIB to post on this thread to kill it, he's the thread killer:hihi:

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Originally Posted by t.orlando

:claps:
No need for people to over analyze

I agree. Over the last 2 years I have seen some of the most knowledgeable people of our time slowly fade away from active participation on the boards because of this. I can see whay a guy like Mike is not a member - I think he knows that this kind of thing goes on and stays away on purpose - it's not conducive to his next 60. We all lose.

:rollem: you people knocking the pics need to get a life

jeepers creepers..:smash: :smash:
if we don't have pix...then what.....no talking about catches???:whackin:
posed or not who cares....the guy is the top of the heap
pro athletes pose for pics....right....why not ironman...is this not a sport of sorts????

Pete, don't think that way over this thread. Keep posting those great shots. Blue water is much better than Green grass.

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Originally Posted by tynan19

Pete, don't think that way over this thread. Keep posting those great shots. Blue water is much better than Green grass.

I think Roseneath said it best. They're all staged.

All are staged unless you have a camera crew following you around. Like you have said it is hard to find someone to take a good pic. I find it hard myself to get someone to take a good snowmobile or fishing pic. I have a ton of great pics I have taken but very few of myself.

Many more are happy just to see BIG fish than blat.
I'm only here for the fish porn. Just like all porn, the best looking stuff IMHO is a little staged, but hey some people are into guys on couches.

I usually delete these instead of sending them.

I'm sure Mike's kids will enjoy both photos when they get older. Give the guy a break!

Pete keep the staged photo's coming. I would rather see a photo of a nice fish like the first one than one in my front yard. :fishslap:

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Originally Posted by Pete_G

So lets make a list.

I see a VS. Most people had trouble identfying the lure. Seawolf's custom stick, also real tough to ID. Enlighten me on "advertising for any and all manufacturers"? He's a tester for new VS gear, you can't be too surprised he's got the hat on. What else? They're fairly unmotivated pics, on Mike's part, if you ask me.

Gear positioned just so? That's the rod, reel, plug bag, and wading belt he fishes with all the time, all year long.

The photos were taken during the morning because that's when he showed up with the fish.

It is what it is. I snapped a ton of pics (it's digital so why not) to get some good shots. It's in the running as a potential OTW cover, for the same reason I posted it here in the first place.

I think I've changed my mind about the photo gallery. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& was right. It's not worth posting photos. Admittedly he occasionally brought some of the flak on himself when he posted pics, but still, he's completely right. He warned me no matter what the reason was that I posted a pic it would get jumped on, and I'll admit I kind of dismissed the warning. The thinking was it was just a good photo of a bass in the surf people would enjoy, which is why I liked the idea of a photo gallery for the board. Lesson learned.

I enjoyed the photo.I think all the naysayer's should just grow up already.An personally I hope Mike does make a few bucks doing it.I know Crazy Al Takes advantage of alot of his photo opportunities an nobody has a problem with that.I here a good fisherman gets something,anything from some reps an I like it.I would put photo's up but I'm too ugly.

Pete please don't stop just grow thicker skin.For the most part the ones complaining have no Idea what it takes.Give one night in Mikes korkers an they probably would not make it back.
By the way I got seven fish over 30 lbs this week.To 39.2
It's to bad the S-C is only one fish per week or I would have 5 fish @175 lbs. from my hand scale.

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

Maybe we need NIB to post on this thread to kill it, he's the thread killer:hihi:

Consider it done.

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Originally Posted by NIB

Consider it done.

If there was any doubt about NIB's ability to kill a thread, just add me to the mix :hihi: :tm:

I think the pic and this thread were both overanalyzed a bit (though I do prefer the pic on the grassy knoll myself) and Pete - I think you are being a little touchy about this thread. Not as bad as you think it played out...

As far as the Iron one joining the board? IIRC a couple years ago Tattoo (or IM's wife - I forget) had to type for him... Not sure even if he has a computer...

:rollem: I shoulda kept my mouth shut and thoughts to myslef on this one. (I knew that post was going to be gasoline:behead: ) Sorry if I offended anyone.

now, back to fishing....

these threads are too funny !!!!!!

Nice fish. I have to admit, I haven't been posting as many fish pics this year because it always seems that at least someone has something negative to say and I'm sick of defending myself. That is a pitty because this is such an awesome site, and a few jealous/bad apples can deter people from posting some pretty cool shots that otherwise would just add more awesomeness to this site. Just my 2 cents.

Pete's pics are cool, we just laugh at yours :jester: :usd:

thats cause mikey pix are staged and he is butt ugly with a funny look on his face . I think those fish are actually caught by BIG RICKY the other ugly bomber

I like the city allies in Mikey's pics.

top quality grade A fish XXX up in here!

my favorite is the 2nd one..close up looks like a BEAST!

:kewl: congrats and :cheers: to an awesome fish.

I dream about catching one of those everyday..
damn near obsessed about it..

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Originally Posted by NIB

By the way I got seven fish over 30 lbs this week.To 39.2
It's to bad the S-C is only one fish per week or I would have 5 fish @175 lbs. from my hand scale.

:love:

nice Tony

nice porch!!! hey, what kinda siding do you use?? and who cuts yer grass??:rolleyes:

is that a potato in yer pants??

Man, everytime I see a picture of that guy he is holding a huge damn fish. I cant even catch a 28" fish. Son of a ......

Congrats.